MILWAUKEE (2/8/2025) -- Senior
Caden Loken and redshirt freshman
Marcus Thundercloud each scored their first two collegiate goals and graduate senior
Ally Don Jean-Francois and freshman
Andrew Parker also tallied their first markers, but an early lead was spoiled as the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team fell, 16-6, at Marquette on Saturday.
Senior
Ryan Richters made 13 saves and picked up three ground balls with a caused turnover. Senior
Will Marshall had two caused turnovers and a ground ball and senior
Sean Henige added a caused turnover and three GB's.
The Titans (2-0) took a 2-0 lead as Loken found the back of the net for his first collegiate goal at the 10:37 mark. After a faceoff win, Thundercloud beat his defender and fired one in for a 2-0 lead a little more than five minutes into the contest.
Marquette jumped in front, 3-2, but with the man-up, Thundercloud got to the net and put in a diving shot while being pushed, and it was knotted at 3-3 with 9:30 left in the second.
It was 5-3 at the break and despite five saves from Richters and a couple of takeaways in the third, the Golden Eagles extended the margin to 12-3 when Jean-Francois unleashed a shot for his first collegiate marker late in the period. Early in the fourth, junior
Zach Snider found Loken and he tickled the twine for his second strike and Parker buried a long attempt for his first marker late in the game.
Junior
Kyle Grant finished with a caused turnover and freshman
Canton Lanham won five faceoffs.
The Titans will have a week off as they prepare for Bellarmine in two weeks.
Game Notes:
- UDM head coach Charlie Hayes '18 and Marquette head coach Jake Richard both play professionally and were teammates in the PLL last season with the Waterdogs
- The Titans are now 1-11 all-time against Marquette, with the lone victory in 2019, 15-12 on the road.
- Detroit Mercy is 15-24 all-time against Jesuit schools, with most of that coming against Canisius (7-6), Manhattan (7-5) and Marquette (1-11)
- Grant now has seven caused turnovers on the season
- Richters now has double digit saves in all 15 games as a Titan
- Henige now has 47 ground balls in 28 career games
- Jean-Francois had just two shots in six career games entering this season, but now has four shots and a goal
- Loken's older brother, Kyle, had 10 career goals playing in 49 games as a defensive midfielder from 2020-24
